hockey stick

• Palo curvo de madera o material compuesto, utilizado en hockey sobre césped o hockey sobre hielo, para golpear, pasar o controlar la pelota o el disco.

A curved wooden or composite stick used in field hockey or ice hockey to hit, pass, or control the ball or puck.

1. Sports equipmentA2formal

   A long, curved stick used in field hockey or ice hockey to hit, pass, or control the ball or puck.

   Palo de hockey

   • He bought a new hockey stick for the upcoming season.
   • The player broke his hockey stick during the match.
   • She practiced her stickhandling with the hockey stick every day.

2. Graph shapeC1formal

   A term used to describe a graph or curve that starts flat and then rises sharply, resembling the shape of a hockey stick.

   forma de palo de hockey

   • The company's growth chart showed a classic hockey stick pattern.
   • Climate change data often displays a hockey stick curve.
   • The startup's revenue followed a hockey stick trajectory after the product launch.